Scrum Master
Location: US, NJ, middle town
Department: it 
Employment type: Contract
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Function: Information Technology

Company profile:
i28 Technologies has demonstrated expertise in areas strategic to different business in varying verticals. I28 Technologies provides highly skilled Technology Consultants to meet the IT needs of our clients. The functional expertise gleaned from the experience of working for Fortune 500 companies has enabled the team @ I28 Technologies to provide professional service in the areas of Human Resource Consulting, IT consulting, Financial consulting, Business process consulting and Outsourcing. The company's core capabilities in IT consulting are in ERP, Datawarehouse (ETL), Web Technologies, BI Reporting &amp; Database services wherein we concentrate in SAP, OBIEE, Bigdata, Java, Sharepoint and Oracle.I28 Technologies has been incorporated by Top Professionals; therefore we have firsthand experience of the market. We have Global presence in four countries across the globe - USA, Canada, Malaysia and India. Our Client list includes BlueStar, Allianz Life Insurance, TCS etc. I28 Technologies facilitates online/classroom training on various modules of ERP, Datawarehouse (ETL), Web Technologies, BI Reporting &amp; Database. Courses Offered for entry level positions:•             Data Warehousing – ETL and Reporting Tools (Informatica PowerCenter 7.1/6.2/6.1/5.1, Business Objects, Cognos, Data modeling, Erwin, Sybase)•             SAP HANA/ BO/ BODS/ CRM•             JAVA Hadoop/ .NET/ Sharepoint/ Bigdata•             Teradata/ Oracle/ Spotfire/ OBIEE/ Biztalk and many more as per request…  Why you should join I28 Technologies??We have an unbeatable success rate of 100% placement throughout USA &amp; Canada making us proficient in giving our employees the best salaries.We keep full transparency with the employees and believe in high commitment levels as it is the key to have a long-term fruitful relationship.Our competence with SAP, OBIEE, Java and .NET has helped our clients to streamline their business processes and customize their modules to suit their business environment enabling us to upgrade the skills of our employees and broaden their horizons with the latest technology by facilitating online/classroom cross functional training.We also execute On-project support systems when the skills of employees are upgraded and new projects streamlined for them.

Job description:
Job DescriptionThe Agile Coach will not be responsible for the actual development work or even the project management of the project.  Rather the coach will be responsible to ensure that the various Scrum Masters follow the Agile methodology and mentor their teams appropriately. The role needs to have a good technical background with very strong mentoring skills. They must be self-directed and work independently while keeping the client up-to-date on the progress of the Scrum Masters. The role needs to be very skilled at working with all technical resource participants in the project, including other outside vendors providing services. It is important that the coach is flexible and uses innovative thinking to guide the Scrum Masters to success.  These particular projects are utilizing Agile for the first time and there are occasions where the teams are resistant to change and need to be pushed toward Agile. Excellent project management skills with demonstrated expertise motivating team members from diverse cultures to work well together to meet aggressive schedules in complex and ever-changing environments. Repeatedly demonstrated success as a team builder and leader of technical staff. 

Requirements:
Required Skills:• 3-5 years of Project Managing Software or Infrastructure Projects • Experience in leading Large Scale IT Custom Development Projects  • AGILE and Waterfall SDLC Project Management Methodologies • Scrum Master experience • Excellent Written and Verbal Communications Skills• KEY: Strong leader with technical depth and breadth who effectively and PROACTIVELY manages all aspects of the custom development project   • KEY: Must be able to motivate and negotiate across all levels and technical domains and within a VERY DYNAMIC environment • KEY: Must be well versed in the Agile methodology and have experience leading teams through the Agile process.  Experience with a team new to Agile would be helpful. • Manager with expertise in release planning, and deployment strategies • Proven track record for delivering quality results on time and within budget • Experienced manager of IT resources including the planning, engineering, and development teams • Must be able to challenge technical resources on delivery estimates • Ability to communicate and filter project status across various levels of management Desired Skills:• AT&amp;T IT-UP and PRISM SDLC Project Management Experience (STRONG DESIRE) • Experience in coaching/teaching (STRONG DESIRE) • PMP is a plus • Experience in Cloud/Hosting projects (nice to have, not required) • Telecommunications technical project management (nice to have, not required) • Infrastructure Project Management Experience/Knowledge (Server, Network, Security, etc.)

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